Autolycus of Pitane

Ancient Greek mathematician

  • Fame51.1
  • Momentum0.8
  • Wikipedia585
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Lived -360–-290, aged 70
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    -360–-290
    Aged 70
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Updated 2026-06-20

Autolycus of Pitane was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, and geographer. He is known today for his two surviving works On the Moving Sphere and On Risings and Settings, both about spherical geometry.

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Source confidence60.0
Completeness60.0
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